I’m a Fred Thompson fan but you have to wonder if his heart is still in politics. His run in the primary raised some questions but they probably would have no relevance for running the RNC. And the GOP has more to fix than filling one vacancy. There appears to be little hint at how that process will go from this point.

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“No, it’s not a matter of poor public education, we on the right have to face up to the fact that we’re not going to win votes with old guys, whether dead or alive.” (Tom the Redhunter)

What do you have against experience and wisdom? The young ones like Obama has nothing to show and no life experience. Sarah was a brilliant exception. But still… an exception.

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Actually it’s a pretty easy choice; Steele all the way.

We lost the 18-29 vote big time on Nov 4; Obama got about 68% of it. If we don’t get it back fast it will be gone for good.

We need new, young, fresh, articulate spokesmen and women. Yes I like Fred, but he’s absolutely the wrong face for the party. He won’t get anyone anymore excited than…. constantly bringing up Ronald Reagan.

Which is another thing; Reagan means nothing to those under maybe 35. No, it’s not a matter of poor public education, we on the right have to face up to the fact that we’re not going to win votes with old guys, whether dead or alive.

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Although her folksiness is one of the things that endeared her to me right from the start, I think it made others uncomfortable She could be my younger sister if I had one, plain spoken and forth right. None of those stupid smears have anything to do with what the reality is as far as our Vice Presidential candidate was concerned. She is and has always been a young woman with no fear of jumping in with both feet and doing her part to make her country great. She’s accomplished an enormous amount in a short time. In another time she would be acknowledged as a brave and patriotic American.

I’m stepping back from my personal bias towards her and looking to see where she can take the opportunity to continue to build her resume and expertise. While personally I believe that if called upon, she would have risen to the task of running this country, her years of experience were limited, that was to me a legitimate source of concern. Once again, while her down to earth direct speak appealed to me personally, politics is a business that notices when you lack the sophistication that the public thinks a nationally ranked politician should have. In Alaska, that’s ok but on the national stage, not so easily accepted. I think it limited her appeal and her ability to reach some of the undecideds.

My point to this is that whatever rough edges the American public might have thought she had during this cycle can be polished and smoothed without tainting her message and value structure. Her public speaking could use to come up a notch or two and all her resume can do is grow given more time. And, she’ll be ready for the press jackals next time around.

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I’m with SueK here. As I said on another thread, Sarah will continue being a governor… and should.

By 2012 her accomplishments in that position will speak for itself. Frankly, I’m happy that the DNC thinks so much of Sarah as to spend post election time tearing her down with petty untruths. Why would they do that if she is as inconsequential as they portray her?

Simple. It means that we have, again, latched on to the foundation of the conservative principles in leadership. And it makes the opposition nervous…. They are busy discrediting Obama’s possible competition way in advance.

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intersting theory suek, i had a brief thought about that and decided i was being paranoid. glad you have had the same thought. i really like palin, but i don’t see her in that position anytime soon. i also really like fred thompson, i really do, but i agree that we need to bring the freshness of youth into the mix. most people voiew the rnc as being a whole bunch of old people who have old ways of doing things. i really think if we had run an internet campaign the way obama did we would have had more votes going our way.

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